AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 13.3% for Week Ended April 4


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,734 during the week 
ended April 4, up by 13.3% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 141,773, up 
7.7% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (4/8) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 501,328, up 0.1% from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week ended April 4 reached 229,243, up by 1.0% from 
the same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 272,085 containers and trailers, down 0.6% from 
the corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 2,913,351, up 3.9% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 3,583,488, down 0.2% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first 13 weeks of the year was 6,496,839 carloads 
and intermodal units, up 1.6% on the year.




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